McNary, John Crawford
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Crawford |
Surname | McNary |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of James and Leta Jean McNary, of Windsor, Ontario. Husband of Virgina Mae McNary (Nee Autterson), of Windsor. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB711 |
Markings | VR-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Adegem Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | XI. C. 8. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 210 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/85395 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
This was the first Canadian built Lancaster X to be written off in BC service |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-05-1944 |
End Date | 02-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (66% moon) |
Operation | St Ghislain- to bomb railway installations. 137 aircraft- 2 losses. A highly successful attack. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by cannon fire from a night-fighter at 11000'. One shell exploded in the cockpit, causing a fire. Crashed on a gas works in Gent, Belgium |